Medium CVSS 4.1

Overview

The YugabyteDB tablet server contains a flaw in its YCQL query handling that can trigger a null pointer dereference when processing certain malformed inputs. An authenticated attacker could exploit this issue to crash the YCQL tablet server, resulting in a denial of service.

Risk analysis

This vulnerability is rated 🟡 MEDIUM.

  • CVSS: 4.1 (MEDIUM)
  • Detected tags: dos (tag impact: LOW)

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